WATSONVILLE – A 35-year-old Watsonville man was found bleeding from the head on the 200 block of Clifford Avenue on Sunday and told authorities he”d been beaten by gang members.

The man was found about 5:30 p.m. and said that several men hit him with a blunt object, said police Lt. David McCartney. The victim, who was drunk, otherwise did not cooperate with authorities, McCartney said.

He was taken to a hospital by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries, police said.